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"The farms have cut down:" Local flower shops persevere amid nationwide shortage Mayo Davison and last updated 2021-05-06 22:39:58-04 COLORADO SPRINGS — Those planning to celebrate Mother's Day with flowers will find their options costlier and more limited this year due to a nationwide shortage. The flower shortage caused by a number of factors, including COVID-related problems in growing areas, transportation issues, and inclement weather. "It goes from floods to rains. Weather is the number one issue with plants. There's also the accessibility of growers. If there are not enough grow...

The best of Dave Brubeck: Five essential albums that aren’t Time Out With Time Out, the Dave Brubeck Quartet helped shape the sound of their era. Here are five deeper cuts that you need to hear. By David Basskin IISG Few jazz artists are better known than Dave Brubeck — by fellow musicians, by jazz aficionados and by the public at large. The 1959 record Time Out stands as one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time. Along with Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue, the Dave Brubeck Quartet and their long run of successful albums on Columbia formed the signature sound of the late 1950s and...

fans abroad. So glad you could join us. Bring your own beverage. We’re still working on the slogan. BCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball, music, movies, or anything else you need to get off your chest, as long as it is within the rules of the site. The late-nighters are encouraged to get the party started, but everyone else is invited to join in as you wake up the next morning and in to the afternoon. Hopefully, we’ll have a lot of good things to talk about as the day goes on. Last time I asked you if you thought Cubs legend Anthony Rizzo would still be with the team in 2...

Jazz is uniquely American, and Black musicians invented it | Opinion Updated Feb 23, 2021; Jazz is the only true American art form. Jazz grew out of the great mix in and around New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th Century. Most of these early, often nameless, musicians were Black. The inventive musicians would take a piece of metal or glass and massaged their guitar strings bending the notes, flattening the thirds, which evolved into the Blues. In fact, the Blues, in turn, served as the foundation for Jazz. Louis Armstrong didn’t invent Jazz. But he is credited with being a pioneer...

This timeline pays homage to them. Some represent the stories of immigrants bringing their foods to America and building livelihoods. All recount the ambitions and passions to create something successful, memorable and delicious. This list of also recalls beloved restaurants and places gone but not forgotten. Those are part of each of our individual histories and memories. The state's oldest restaurants were established long ago as taverns. Yes, it seems George Washington did sleep, and eat, here.  A timeline of Rhode Island's restaurants:  1673: The White Horse Tavern begins serving gu...